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AWS Life Sciences Symposium

AWS Life Sciences Symposium

Built for Life Sciences: AI-powered Innovations Transforming the Pharmaceutical Value Chain

Location

Sheraton Times Square Hotel 811 7th Avenue, W 53rd St New York, NY 10019

Date

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Inside 2024 Life Sciences Symposium

Agenda

  • Registration and Check-in: 8:00 - 9:15 AM ET
  • Plenary Innovation Keynote: 9:15 - 11:00 AM ET
  • Coffee & Networking: 11:00 - 11:30 AM ET

Breakout Tracks for Executives

11:30 AM - 3:30PM ET

  • Accelerating Target Identification with Generative AI Agents and Integrated Lab Workflows 
    • 11:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
    • Presented by: Genentech 
      • Dr. John Marioni, Senior Vice President and Head of Computational Sciences, Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED), Roche Genentech
      • Rich Bonneau, Vice President of Machine Learning for Drug Discovery, Genentech Computational Sciences
  • Molecule Drug Design Using Biological Foundation Models 
    • 12:00 Noon - 12:30 PM
    • Presented by: AbbVie 
      • Jennifer VanCamp, Vice President R&D Data Analytics, AbbVie
      • Abhishek Pandey, Global Lead and Principal Machine Learning Scientist, AbbVie
  • Lunch
    • 12:30 - 1:30 PM
  • How Generative AI is Revolutionizing Biology 
    • 1:30 - 2:00 PM
    • Presented by: Owkin and Bioptimus 
      • Zelda Mariet, Co-founder & Principal Research Scientist, Bioptimus
      • Jean-Philippe Vert, Chief R&D Officer, Owkin
      • Thea Backlar, Vice President of Product, Owkin
  • Activating the Lab of the Future through an open, modular, and cloud native approach
    • 2:00 - 2:30 PM
    • Presented by: Deloitte
      • Raveen Sharma, Managing Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Deloitte
  • Coffee
    • 2:30 - 3:00 PM 
  • Federated Learning: Driving Collaborative Innovation While Preserving Data Sovereignty
    • 3:00 - 3:30 PM
    • Panel featuring: Johnson & Johnson, Apheris, and AbbVie
      • Ujjwal Ratan, Leader, ML and Data Science, Healthcare and Life Sciences, AWS
      • Robin Roehm, CEO and Co-Founder, Apheris
      • John Karanicolas, Head of Computational Drug Discovery, AbbVie
      • Justin Scheer, Vice President, In Silico Discovery, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

  • Development Assistant - an AI-powered, interactive agent at AstraZeneca
    • 11:30 - 11:55 AM
    • Presented by: AstraZeneca
      • Vaishali Goyal, Senior Director - Business Partner, Patient Safety, AstraZeneca
  • How to be a successful early adopter of Agents
    • 11:55 AM - 12:10 PM
    • Presented by: Faculty
      • Andy Brookes - Chief Technology Officer, Faculty
  • AI-enhanced clinical trials
    • 12:10 - 12:30 PM
    • Presented by: Novartis
      • Noah Hoh,  Director, Digital Innovation | Strategy, Program & Portfolio  Operations, Novartis
  •  Lunch
    • 12:30 - 1:30 PM
  • Unlocking Real-World Data and Evidence for Faster, Data-Driven Clinical Trial Insight
    • 1:30 - 2:30 PM
    • Presented by: AWS, Datavant, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Carelon
      • Praveen Haridas, WorldWide Real World Data Lead, AWS
      • Arnaub Chatterjee, President and GM - Life Sciences, Ecosystem, Datavant
      • Greg Cunningham, Senior Director, Real World Data, Eli Lilly
      • Paul Petraro,  Executive Director, Global Head Real World Evidence Analytic (RWE)  Center of Excellence, Boehringer Ingelheim
      • Mark Cziraky, President, Carelon
  • Coffee
    • 2:30 - 3:00 PM
  • A Modern Clinical Data Platform: Ensuring Patient Safety and Accelerating Drug Development
    • 3:00 - 3:30 PM
    • Presented by: Merck
      • Janakiraman Gopinath, Executive Director, Merck
      • Marjorie Waters, AVP, Clinical and Real World Evidence IT, Merck

  • Lessons from Amazon’s Supply Chain: Digital Innovations to Meet the Delivery Promise
    • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    • Presented by: Amazon
      • Douglas Bellin, Business Development Executive, Industrie 4.0 and Smart Factory, AWS
  • Lunch
    • 12:30 - 1:30 PM
  • Redefining autonomous pharmaceutical manufacturing with cutting-edge digital technologies
    • 1:30 - 1:50 PM
    • Presented by: Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre, UK-CPI 
      • Dave Tudor, Managing Director, Biologics & Quality, Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre
  • Unlocking pharmaceutical manufacturing quality control with AI
    • 1:50 - 2:10 PM
    • Presented by: Pfizer 
      • Michael Morelli, Vice President, Platforms & Products - AI/ML, Data & Analytics, Pfizer
  • From Reactive to Predictive: AI-Enabled Quality Control in Pharmaceutical Production
    • 2:10 - 2:40 PM
    • Presented by: PwC 
      • Vatsal Shah, Director, Engineering and AI, PwC
  • Coffee
    • 2:40 - 3:10 PM
  • Visual Factory for Metrics and KPI Tracking in Pharma Manufacturing
    • 3:10 - 3:30 PM
    • Presented by: Merck 
      • Wincy Fung, AVP, Digital Services, Digital MMD, Merck
      • Ram Silai, Executive Director, Data Platform and Products, Merck
    •

  • Navigating the Future: Achieving Commercial Excellence in Pharma
    • 11:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
    • Presented by: ZS and Gilead 
      • Faiz Merchant, Principal, ZS
      • Pradeep Yathira, Global Head of G&A, Commercial Analytics, and Cloud, Gilead
  • Revolutionizing patient engagement with an AI-powered omnichannel approach 
    • 12:00 Noon - 12:30 PM
    • Presented by: Salesforce
      • Tara Helm, VP, Life Sciences Cloud Strategy, Salesforce
  • Lunch
    • 12:30 - 1:30 PM
  • Pharmatizing AI: Accelerating the Content Lifecycle for Better Patient Outcomes
    • 1:30 - 2:00 PM
    • Presented by: EVERSANA 
      • Abid Rahman, Senior Vice President, Innovation & Products, EVERSANA
      • Faruk Capan, Chief Innovation Officer, EVERSANA
  • Transforming patient journey management with AI
    • 2:00 - 2:30 PM
    • Presented by: Eli Lilly 
      • Steve Rommeney, VP, Business Insights & Analytics, Data Strategy and Democratization, Eli Lilly
  • Coffee
    • 2:30 - 3:00 PM
  • From Static Plans to to Personalized Interactions - Real-Time Insights to Transform Customer Engagement
    • 3:00 - 3:30 PM
    • Presented by: Johnson & Johnson 
      • Dharmesh Thakkar, Head of Technology & Product Group Leader - Commercial Operations, Data & Analytics, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
      • Shyam Mohapatra, IT Director, Data & Insights, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

    • Breakout track for Builders

    11:30 AM - 3:30 PM

    Track 5: Technical Building

  • AWS Generative AI stack for Life Sciences: How to use Bedrock, Q and the Nova models for Industry Use Cases
    • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    • Presented by: AWS
  • Lunch
    • 12:30 - 1:30 PM
  • The next gen of AI SaaS agentic solutions for Clinical Development
    • 1:30 - 2:00 PM
    • Presented by: Concert AI (Sponsored by NVIDIA)
      • Stephen S.F. Yip, VP of Gen AI Architecture, Concert AI
  • Building Agentic Frameworks for Life Sciences: Intelligent Systems to Power Innovation
    • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    • Presented by: AWS
  • Coffee
    • 2:30 - 3:00 PM 
  • End-to-end productivity for data & AI teams with Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio
    • 3:00 - 3:30 PM
    • Presented by: AWS

    • Agenda

    • Life Sciences Breakthrough Awards Celebration and Closing address: 3:30 - 4:15 PM ET
    • Evening Reception: 4:15 - 6:30 PM

    Networking Reception & Next-Gen Tech Expo

    Connect with fellow industry leaders from across the life sciences industry during our networking reception. Interact with business and product leaders from across AWS, explore new technology demos by AWS and our sponsoring partners, and catch the latest offerings showcasing the art-of-the-possible.

    New this year: Discover cutting-edge innovators at the TechBio Showcase Lounge and AI Startup Pavilion, where emerging startups and AI-driven breakthroughs in life sciences take center stage.

    A networking event in a large conference hall with groups of people conversing, a round table with drinks, and a prominent chandelier overhead.